BJP need not give me lessons on nationalism: Rahul Gandhi

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that he did not need lessons on patriotism from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"I don't need to take lesson from BJP and RSS...Rashtrabhakti mere khoon me hai (Patriotism is in my blood)," Rahul said when asked about his support to JNU students and the protests by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"A situation has come in the country where attempts are being made to suppress all voices of dissent," he added.

The Congress leader also added that they had accused him of supporting anti-nationals over the Jawaharlal Nehru (JNU) row.

Earlier, the Gandhi scion had dubbed the Jawaharlal Nehru University row and Patiala House Court violence as a "blot" on India's image and sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention for immediate action to "check the state of lawlessness and subversion of democratic rights".

"It is not the government's job to destroy our educational institutions and crush expression of all students. Across the country, RSS is trying to impose a flawed ideology on the students of this country," he had said.